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So, they've struck their streak o' trouble, an' they got it in the neck, / An' there's more than one ole pal o' mine 'as 'anded in 'is check; / But Ginger still takes nourishment; 'e's well, but breathin' 'ard. / An' so 'e sends the strength uv it scrawled on a chunk uv card.
"On the day we 'it the transport there wus cheerin' on the pier, / An' the girls wus wavin' hankies as they dropped a partin' tear, / An' we felt like little 'eroes as we watched the crowd recede, / Fer we sailed to prove Australia, an' our boastin' uv the breed.